Receive messages or materials to be delivered, and information on recipients, such as names, addresses, telephone numbers, and delivery instructions, communicated via telephone, two-way radio, or in person.

Plan and follow the most efficient routes for delivering goods.

Deliver messages and items, such as documents and packages, between establishment departments, and to other establishments and private homes.

Sort items to be delivered according to the delivery route.

Obtain signatures and payments, or arrange for recipients to make payments.

Record information, such as items received and delivered and recipients’ responses to messages.

Check with home offices after completed deliveries, in order to confirm deliveries and collections and to receive instructions for other deliveries.